Common Name: Red-handed Tamarin Scientific Name: Saguinus midas
LEAST CONCERN Red-handed Tamarin
Marmosets and tamarins come from all over South America and are some of the World’s smallest monkeys ranging from 100 grams to 800 grams.
Distribution:
Like all monkeys marmosets and tamarins have a tail, one of the easiest ways to tell the difference between monkeys and apes (gibbons, chimps, bonobos, orangs and gorilla).
North-east South America
Habitat: Forest Height: Approx. 240mm Weight: 450g Diet: Omnivorous Fruit, nectar, insects.
Tamarins are diurnal (awake during the day and asleep at night). During their waking hours these animals can be extremely vocal giving high pitched whistles and chirps to communicate with each other. Red-handed Tamarins are found in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname where they inhabit all kinds of forest including primary and secondary forest and swamps. They have a varied diet that depends on the time of year. They will eat fruit, seeds, insects and other animals, such as frogs if they can catch them. Each dominant male holds a territory that he defends. Redhanded Tamarins will do threat displays to warn off attackers. This usually comes in the form of them wrinkling their nose and baring their teeth.